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LONG-TAILED TIT. 
LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. MUM RUFFIN. BOTTLE TIT. 
LONG-TAIL PIE. LONG TOM. BOTTLE TOM. POKE PUDDING. 
LONG POD. HUCK-MUCK. LONG-TAILED MAG. MUFFLIN. 
LONG-TAILED MUFFLIN. 
Y BENLOYN GNYFFONHIR, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. 
FParus caudatus. PENNANT. MONTAGU. 
“ — longicaudatus, Brisson. 
Mecistura vagans, LEACH. 
PavUs— =, adicvsenee ? Caudatus—Tailed. 
‘How pleasant it is,’ says Macgillivray, ‘to gaze upon these 
little creatures, streaming along the tops of the tall trees by 
the margin of the brook, ever in motion, searching the twigs 
with care, and cheeping their shrill notes as they scamper 
away, one after another.’ This is from the life. Thus have 
I often seen them jerking off from tree to tree, or branch to 
branch, and pleasant they are toe behold. Mr. Hewitson also 
well observes, ‘I have never met with the Long-tailed Titmouse 
so common, or seen them so often, as to destroy the novelty 
and interest which their appearance never fails to excite, as 
they come flitting across my path in rapid succession.’ 
The Long-tailed Titmouse inhabits the whole of the continent 
of Europe, as a permanent, but moveable resident, from Siberia 
and Russia, to Holland and Italy. In Asia, M. Temminck 
records it as a native of Japan; and Latham of the West 
Indies. 
This species is common in this country, frequenting plan- 
tations, woods, thickets, shrubberies, and tall hedges. It is to 
be met with throughout England and Wales, as also in Ireland, 
